Southern Rivers District Spring 2026

Lay Servant Academy

April 18, 2026

8:00 am (ET) - 4:00 pm (ET)

Huntingburg United Methodist Church

416 N Main St

Huntingburg, Indiana

You are invited to join us for the Lay Servant Ministries Academy to begin or continue training for living out the call to make disciples for the transformation of our churches, communities, and world. This is an in-person Lay Servant Academy event. Your presence is valued as we grow together in faith and ministry. 

Cost: $10.00

Payment Information:  Visa and MasterCard accepted

Please print a copy of your confirmation for your receipt.

Registration deadline: Friday, April 10, 2026 at 11:59 pm (ET)

Check payments must be mailed within 7 days of registration.  Please include a copy of your invoice with your check.

Make checks payable to INUMC

Mail to:
INUMC
Attn:  Susan Burris
301 Pennsylvania Parkway, #300
Carmel, IN 46280

Cancellation policy: cancellations must be received via email to susan.burris@inumc.org by 11:59 pm on Friday, April 10, 2026 to be eligible for a refund less processing fee. No refunds after this date.

Classes:

  • Introduction to Lay Ministry: the BASIC Course - Discover and employ your personal spiritual gifts, learn the worth of servant leadership, and be rooted in good spiritual practices. Course text is Lay Servant Ministries: Basic Course Participant's Book by Sandy Zeigler Jackson and Brian Jackson. Available through Amazon and Cokesbury.
  • Lay Servants as Christian Transformational Leaders - This course defines the three disciplines of Christian transformational leadership and the four qualities of Christian transformational leaders to empower participants to lead their congregations toward vitality. Course text is Lay Servants as Christian Transformational Leaders-Participants Book by Marc Brown, Kathy Merry and John Briggs. Available through Amazon and Cokesbury.
  • The Caring Congregation - Pastors and church leaders genuinely want to care for people in their congregations and communities. But pastors cannot care for an entire church, and most laypersons don't have the training to do it. The Caring Congregation Ministry is a model for person-to-person care that's been proven to work in small and large churches across the U.S. It is a laity-centered ministry, where laypersons receive rigorous training and then are commissioned to serve as Congregational Care Ministers, caring for others in their own congregation and their extended community. Course text is The Caring Congregation Ministry Implementation Guide, by Karen Lampe and Melissa Gepford. Available through Amazon and Cokesbury.
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